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Thesis Info

LABS ID
00831
Thesis Title
Studio Bench: the DIY Nomad and Noise Selector
Author
Dr Amit D Patel
2nd Author
3rd Author
Degree
PhD
Year
2019
Number of Pages
122
University
De Montfort University
Thesis Supervisor
Dr John Richards
Supervisor e-mail
jrich AT dmu.ac.uk
Other Supervisor(s)
Prof Leigh Landy
Language(s) of Thesis
English
Department / Discipline
Music
Copyright Ownership
De Montfort University
Languages Familiar to Author
English, Gujarati, Hindi.
URL where full thesis can be found
dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/18851?show=full
Keywords
sound, making, noise, studio, DIY, nomad, object, live, practice, music, Studio Bench, Noise Selector, DIY Nomad.
Abstract: 200-500 words
This thesis asks questions about developing a holistic practice that could be termed ‘Studio Bench’ from what have been previously seen as three separate activities: DIY electronic instrument making, sound studio practice, and live electronics. These activities also take place in three very specific spaces. Firstly, the workshop with its workbench provides a way of making and exploring sound(- making) objects, and this workbench is considered more transient and expedient in relation to finding sounds, and the term DIY Nomad is used to describe this new practitioner. Secondly, the recording studio provides a way to carefully analyse sound(-making) objects that have been self-built and record music to play back in different contexts. Finally, live practice is used to bridge the gap between the workbench and studio, by offering another place for making and an opportunity to observe and listen to the sound(-making) object in another environment in front of a live audience. The DIY Nomad’s transient nature allows for free movement between these three spaces, finding sounds and making in a holistic fashion. Spaces are subverted. Instruments are built in the studio and recordings made on the workbench. From the nomadity of the musician, sounds are found and made quickly and intuitively, and it is through this recontextualisation that the DIY Nomad embraces appropriation, remixing, hacking and expediency. The DIY Nomad also appropriates cultures and the research is shaped through DJ practice - remixing and record selecting - noise music, and improvisation.